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Continuous penetration testing

Once a year, maybe twice if they’re cautious, businesses invite a third party to find holes in their defences, patch a few, file the PDF report, and move on. The assumption is that the security picture stays the same, but it doesn’t, not even close.

High street crisis – Is it possible to avoid the demise of retailers?

RBR Advisory highlight how retailers can avoid closing down their business as empty shop windows become a regular occurrence during the high street crisis.

G-Cloud 11 is open for supplier applications

The UK Government have re-opened their G-Cloud 11 for supplier applications: read more to find out what that means for your business.

Blockchain: A revolution in marketing

Blockchain technology was perceived by many as a global revolution in many areas, as well as a tool used by drug dealers and smugglers.

Google fined £1.29 billion for abusive online advertising practices

The European Commission has fined Google £1.29 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules, due to abusive online advertising conduct for over 10 years.

Blockchain and retail: A potential industry revolution

This article discusses the potential of blockchain and retail: could the technology be responsible for a profit increase for the sector in 2018?

Creative Sector and UK government: A question of mutual support?

In this article, Erica Wolfe-Murray discusses the underexplored relationship between the Creative Sector and the UK government, urging the UK to focus on an often-ignored, increasingly powerful industry.

Science and tech companies to attract 20,000 new R&D workers by 2023

Despite Brexit, a new report by Bidwells says Science and technology (S&T) companies are looking to attract 20,000 new R&D workers by 2023.

SME manufacturers moving supplier base from EU to UK

From investment to turnover, recruitment to profits, forecasts are down for UK SME manufacturers as they divert valuable resources to manage Brexit uncertainty, says the national Manufacturing Barometer.

10 reasons to become an ethical hacker

In this article, Damon Culbert explains how ethical hackers are cybersecurity experts who go head to head with cybercriminals: read his reasons why you should become an ethical hacker.

Rise in foreign ownership of European companies

A continuous rise of foreign ownership of European companies in key sectors has been observed by the European Commission, according to a new Foreign Direct Investment report.

‘No deal’ Brexit could put 20% of UK jobs at risk

The Government needs to avoid a hard Brexit to protect UK jobs at risk and ensure that leaving the EU does not disproportionately hurt weaker regions of the UK, experts have warned.

Baltic SECA: What can we learn about shipping environmental regulation?

Sari Repka from Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku asks what can we learn from the Baltic SECA with respect to future shipping environmental regulation and provides a compelling response.

The common law system: Why London is the jurisdiction of choice

Trevor Tayleur, Head of Design and Assessment at The University of Law provides his expert view on the common law system used in England and Wales and explains why London is the jurisdiction of choice.

Blockchain-based identity: A tool for global innovation

Following a year of widespread data breaches and the ongoing threat to online data, it’s no surprise that digital identity has evolved as one of the most important issues facing organisations and consumers on a global scale.

Collaborating for digital transformation success

Digital transformation: it’s a phrase uttered frequently and with much fervour among senior government figures, heads of public sector and tech innovators in the UK

Are humans better than AI at transcription services?

Despite AI-based transcription services undergoing improvements in recent years, their limited vocabularies and lack of socialisation mean that they are unable to match human accuracy rates of 99 to 100%.

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